Responsibilities of Doctor of Nursing Practice Leaders

We will be having a graded discussion this week to pull everything you have accomplished in this course together!
In NUR704 you will complete steps 3 and 4 which are: design a project using your intervention found in the research, and decide how you will evaluate whether or not your project was effective in addressing the clinical problem.
In NUR799, you will implement your project that you design in NUR 704 and evaluate your project's effectiveness! You are on your way!
Please read Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt Chapters 9, 15 and 20 to prepare you for the discussion and what is coming up next in NUR704.
After completing the activities listed below, you will be able to:
Compose a vision of how DNP leaders create change in a clinical setting after completing the activities this week (Supports SLO 6)
Reflect on polices impacted by change in a clinical setting within and/or outside an organization after completing activities this week (Supports SLO 6)
Use at least 2 references no more older than 5yrs
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Course Syllabus

Developing Evidence-based Practice

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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Description:

This course prepares students with skills and competencies needed to build and assimilate knowledge for establishing a scholarly trajectory at a high level of complexity. This practice experience course consists of 125 practice experience hours and is the foundation for the culminating capstone project focusing on improving practice. There are no prerequisite OR co-requisite courses required to take this course.

Student Learning Outcomes:

At the conclusion of the course, the students will be able to:

1. Analyze research evidence as the basis of the evidence-based change project.
2. Complete a critical review of literature for the practice change project using principles of information literacy inclusive of the ability to locate and use evidence-based practice databases.
3. Differentiate between original research and evidence-based practice.
4. Synthesize the research findings and evaluate their relevance to the proposed evidence-based practice change.
5. Analyze strategies to translate research into advanced practice and health policy and disseminate and integrate new knowledge.
6. Recognize the leadership role of the DNP to advance nursing through the incorporation of evidence-based practice.

DNP Program Objectives that align with Course Objectives

1. Applies inter-professional collaboration concepts for improving patient and population health outcomes.
2. Synthesizes nursing research and integration of best practice for change in professional practice based on scientific underpinnings for practice.
3. Integrates clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice.
4. Impacts health care outcomes through clinical prevention and population health for improving the nation’s health.
5. Integrates nursing science as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice.
6. Provides clinical nursing change through organizational and systems leadership for quality improvement and systems thinking.
7. Utilizes information systems/technology and patient care technology to improve and transform health care.
8. Integrates health policy and ethics to improve health care outcomes through advocacy roles.

Required Texts and Materials:

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological           Association (7th ed.).  Author.

Harris, J. L., Roussel, L., Dearman, C. & Thomas, P. L. (2020).  Project planning and management:  A guide for nurses and interprofessional teams (3^rd ed.).  Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Hickey, J. V., & Brosnan, C. A. (2017).  Evaluation of health care quality for DNPs (2^nd ed.).  Springer Publishing Company.

Salkind, N. J. (2017). Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics. Using Microsoft Excel 2016. (4th ed.). Sage Publications. (**NOTE this text will also be required for NUR 707)

Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2019). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

Other readings as assigned in the Brightspace course shell.

Course Requirements:

Course Participation = 60 points (20% of final grade)

Students are expected to read and participate in weekly discussions (when posted) on at least 3 separate days out of 7 days in the electronic week. The electronic week begins on Monday at 12:01 am EST and ends the immediately following Sunday at 12 midnight EST.  Students are responsible for participating in the manner detailed in the course document entitled, Nursing Program Online Discussion Forum (DF) Requirements and Grading Rubric. There are 4 graded DF each worth 15 points. (Supports student learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Problem Identification Paper = 85 points (30% of final grade)

Students will identify a clinical problem. This information will be submitted in the form of a scholarly paper and will include a PICO (Patient population of interest, Intervention of interest, Comparison of interest, and Outcome of interest) format for use in your literature review. The paper will include a searchable, answerable question, approved by course faculty, which will serve as the foundation for review of the literature. (Supports student learning outcomes 1, 3, 5, 6)

Review of Literature = 100 points (40% of final grade)

Students will complete a review of the literature in search of an intervention to be used to address the problem of interest. The submitted literature review will be in the form of a scholarly paper and will include relevant evidence critically appraised by the student. This assignment is to include the evidence-table matrix and search strategy table as an appendix. Research evidence supporting the intervention   will serve as the foundation for the evidence-based practice change project (Capstone project), which is a requirement of the DNP Program. (Supports student learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Practice Experience Log-Pass/Fail

In order to pass this assignment and the course, students are required to submit a completed DNP Program Practice Experience Log showing completion of a minimum of 125 hours of practice experiences associated with their practice change project. Failure to complete the practice experience hours as evidenced by submission of the signed practice experience log will result in automatic course failure.

Students must also complete their IRB Planning form by the end of this course. 

Project Status Updates (2)= 10 points (5% of final grade)

This brief informal synopsis of practice experience activities to date is due with the Practice Experience Logs week 8 and 14. Each are worth 5 points and total 5% of the grade.

Critical Appraisal of Research Form=10 points (5% of grade)

Students will submit a completed critique form on one of the studies they have selected for their evidence base. This is due week 9.

Submission of Information Form, Preceptor Agreement Form and Preceptor CV/Resume –

Students are to submit the Information Form, Preceptor Agreement Form and Preceptor CV/Resume via the practice experience submission link found in the course shell. These forms can be found in the Brightspace Nursing Student Site under DNP Program Information. Questions regarding these forms can be directed to Dr. J. Wasco (PE Coordinator) and her assistant, Mrs. C. Natalia.

Course Policies:

• Attendance and/or participation: 

Chatham University recognizes that each student possesses a unique background, maintains commitments outside of school, and that outside circumstances sometimes affect a student’s ability to be present in class (regardless of the delivery method). Every student enrolled at Chatham accepts the responsibility to attend all required class meetings and participate fully. This implies attending regularly, engaging in course activity, completing work on time, and making up work missed because of an emergency absence.

Chatham University will make reasonable efforts to accommodate students who must be absent from class due to religious observances, personal and family emergencies, and other commitments outside the classroom. It is the student’s responsibility to let the course instructor know within the add/drop period if they will have to miss class for religious reasons or athletics, and to communicate emergencies or other unexpected circumstances as soon as they are able. Final decisions about all absences are at the discretion of the instructor.

• Grading

           100 – 94             A

83   - 80           B-  Minimum required to pass graduate  course*  79   - 77    C+

76   - 74           C

< 74                 F

*A grade of <80 in the course constitutes a failure for a graduate course.

NOTE:  While all of the learning activities are important and can impact students’ grades, the following grade requirements are essential to pass the NUR702 course:

A grade of 80% or higher on the Integrative Review of the Literature paper

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A combined grade on the Problem ID paper (weighted at 30%) and the Integrative Review of the Literature paper (weighted at 40%) need to be equal to or greater than 80%. 

• Missed Exams/Assignments

Assignments must be submitted on or before the due date posted by course faculty. Late assignments may receive a grade of zero (0) unless the student has made arrangements with course faculty PRIOR to the assignment due date. Grade points will be deducted for approved late submissions.

• Behavior

Academic honesty is highly valued and respected at Chatham University. Students are expected to submit work representing unique, individual, creative ideas in course postings and assignments. Please refer to the Chatham University Handbook for more detail regarding academic honesty and integrity including consequences for violation of Academic Honesty policies.  When taking an online program, students need to maintain a level of etiquette that displays professionalism and courtesy at all times. Remember the written word can be easily misinterpreted. For a list of online etiquette tips see http://teaching.colostate.edu/tips/tip.cfm?tipid=128

Plagiarism is an issue taken seriously by Chatham University and there is a zero tolerance for plagiarism in any form of course requirements submitted for this course. Please refer to the Chatham University Policies and Procedures for specific information related to plagiarism and consequences of violation of the plagiarism policy. Individual students and Groups are held accountable according to Plagiarism policies of Chatham University.  Students are required to read and participate in course discussions for each class